By MAX ROBINETTE mrobinette@yourmvi.com The season of spirits is here, and the Monongahela Area Historical Society knows a ghost story or two. “In these houses, people have seen children who aren’t th...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com A quick-strike offense and a shutdown defense helped lead Elizabeth Forward to a 42-14 win over visiting Mt. Pleasant in Class 3A’s Interstate Conference Friday ni...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com It was business as usual for McKeesport Friday night.   The Tigers used their patented triple-option offense to maintain their unblemished record with a convincing 4...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Monessen and Carmichaels were scoring at will Friday night in their Tri-County South Conference showdown at Coaches Field. The Greyhounds’ gritty run game battled the Mikes’ ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Southmoreland has had a rough go of things lately, but its playoff hopes were boosted Friday night with a 36-6 win at South Allegheny in Class 3A Interstate Conference...

By BILL BECKNER JR. Trib Total Media Jake Gedekoh is old school. He listens to classic rock. He tells it like it is. He likes to get his uniform dirty. “I love to run the football,” the Belle Vernon A...

By the Mon Valley Independent Thomas Jefferson’s Brody Evans threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns in the Jaguars’ 45-10 victory over Trinity in Big Seven Conference play Friday night. Evans finished...

Monongahela On Oct. 4, 2022, George “Jack” “Big Daddy” Henson Jr., 80, of Monongahela, a beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, uncle and friend, passed on from this world to join the love of ...

Forward Township Mary (Maharovchak) Goda, 92, of Forward Township, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, at Jefferson Hospital surrounded by her beloved family. Born Aug. 10, 1930, in Clair...

Donora Helen D. Jakela, 90, of Donora, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, at McMurray Hills Manor in McMurray, Pa. She was born Aug. 23, 1932, in New Jersey, daughter of the late Max Gelzon and the ...

WEST BROWNSVILLE Jan Lynn Milcheck, 66, of West Brownsville, Pa., died Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. She was born Thursday, Dec. 29, 1955, in Waynesburg, Pa., a daughter of the late George and the late Eli...

California Area Elementary School third grader Mia Naughton hugs Lucy, the newest member of California Area School District’s Trojans Canine Therapy Program. The two-year-old golden retriever arrived ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com While Charleroi works to develop a more realistic budget for 2023, the borough will likely have to pinch pennies for the next few months to cover costs through the f...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The last time Frazier and California met in volleyball action, the unbeaten Commodores were pushed to their limit before rallying for a five-set victory over their s...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council members and Street Foreman Dean Fronzaglio spoke at Thursday’s meeting about continuing issues with the quality of roads.   They also discussed d...

By Adam Brewer MVI Sports The Bentworth boys soccer team ended their two-game slide and celebrated senior night in style with a commanding 7-0 victory over California Thursday night at Ellsworth Field...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Several blighted properties in the Mon Valley will be demolished thanks to funds awarded Thursday by Allegheny County. The county has allocated $2,114,946 in funding t...

By Jonathan Guth For MVI Sports Greensburg Central Catholic scored on all five of its first-half possessions en route to a 47-0 victory over Frazier on Thursday night in Eastern Conference play at Fra...

Milan Larson, 4, of Washington enjoys an ice cream cone at the Mingo Creek Park playground.  

David W. Jones Jr., a longtime electrical contractor, avid outdoorsman and former coach, died at home Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, after having been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer several weeks ago. Mr....